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ID: 1024930
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1024930
Record Type:
administrative
Mercedes (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 33 16 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -33.2667
decimal degrees
Long: 058 01 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -58.0167
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on the Río Negro; noted for colonial architecture & tourist beaches; important port for shallow-draft vessels, that connect with larger craft serving cities on the Uruguay River & Río de la Plata.
Names:
Mercedes
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Uruguay
(nation) (
P
)
............
Soriano
(department) (
P
)
................
Mercedes
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded in 1781
city (
C
)
department capital (
C
)
port (
C
)
tourist center (
C
)
commercial center (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Mercedes..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 27
.................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-110
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 27
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-110
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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